NFL Week 15: When Do I Get My Contract Extension?

Well, in some good news, I was 12-3 last week. Including my loss this last Thursday, that bumps my record to 121-74-1. Against the spread I was 10-5 (but I was right on Thursday). So that puts me at 102-89-5 for the season. Don't use the following picks for any actual gambling purposes.

SUNDAY

Green Bay Packers (5-8)(-2.5) vs. Jacksonville Jaguars (4-9)
1:00 p.m. Alltel Stadium
Even if Brett Favre was still in Green Bay, there’s probably nothing he could have done last week as Houston put up 24 points and 549 total yards at Lambeau Field. Still, Favre probably wouldn’t have lost a must-win game against the Texans at home.
Pick: Jaguars

Detroit Lions (0-13) vs. Indianapolis Colts (9-4)(-17)
1:00 p.m. Lucas Oil Field
Don’t look now, but the longest winning streak in the NFL belongs to the team I picked to win the Super Bowl. Hint: it isn’t the Lions.
Pick: Colts

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-4) vs. Atlanta Falcons (8-5)(-3)
1:00 p.m. Georgia Dome
Despite getting run over by Carolina, I think Tampa has enough to make sure that the other contender in the NFC South checks out of the playoff competition this week. Then again, Michael Turner is better than either Jonathan Stewart and DeAngelo Williams.
Pick: Buccaneers

San Francisco 49ers (5-8) vs. Miami Dolphins (8-5)(-6)
1:00 p.m. Dolphin Stadium
The only West Coast team to win a game in the Eastern Time Zone this season? That would be the 49ers. I don’t think lightning will strike twice, especially during an early start against a team that controls its own destiny.
Pick: Dolphins

Seattle Seahawks (2-11) vs. St. Louis Rams (2-11)(Even)
1:00 p.m. Edward Jones Dome
Doesn’t it seem that this is the fourth time these two teams have played each other this season? I guess that’s the only way either one of them won two games.
Pick: Seahawks

Buffalo Bills (6-7) vs. New York Jets (8-5)(-7.5)
1:00 p.m. Giants Stadium
The worst move of the NFL season may have been the Bills decision to give Dick Jauron a raise and a contract extension only six games into the season. Since then the Bills are 1-6, lost games to the awful 49ers and Browns, and scored six points in their last two contests. Maybe they should have made a decision at the end of the season.
Pick: Jets, Bills cover

Tennessee Titans (12-1)(-3) vs. Houston Texans (6-7)
1:00 p.m. Reliant Stadium
A Houston win wouldn’t surprise me here. They’ve been feisty all season. After two ugly losses to Tennessee and Pittsburgh to open the season, they’ve only had one lopsided loss since then. Everything else has either been a win or a close loss. So it should be a one score game.
Pick: Titans

San Diego Chargers (5-8)(-5.5) vs. Kansas City Chiefs (2-11)
1:00 p.m. Arrowhead Stadium
This is a game San Diego should win. Which means Norv Turner will probably find a way to lose it. By the way, no one is making a big deal about LaDainian Tomlinson having a really subpar season. Could he have taken too many hits already?
Pick: Chargers

Minnesota Vikings (8-5) vs. Arizona Cardinals (8-5)(-3)
4:05 p.m. University of Phoenix Stadium
Yet another chance for the Cardinals to prove that they can beat a good team and that they aren’t simply the smartest kid on the short bus in the NFC West. Something tells me their defense won’t be ready for Adrian Peterson.
Pick: Vikings

Denver Broncos (8-5) vs. Carolina Panthers (10-3)(-7.5)
4:15 p.m. Bank of America Stadium
Speaking of smart kids on the short bus: You’re Denver Broncos everyone! The 5th seed in the AFC looks to have an automatic first round win. And while this game reeks of a letdown game for Carolina, I’ll take the East Coast team to hold on.
Pick: Panthers

Pittsburgh Steelers (10-3) vs. Baltimore Ravens (9-4)(-2.5)
4:15 p.m. M&T Bank Stadium
I’m pretty sure Mike Tomlin and company won’t allow Joe Flacco to have all day to throw the ball like a certain team that just embarrassed themselves last Sunday Night. The Steelers own the Ravens as of late, and I don’t see that changing here.
Pick: Steelers

New England Patriots (8-5)(-7) vs. Oakland Raiders (3-10)
4:15 p.m. Oakland-Alamada County Coliseum
The Jets blew their chance in the Black Hole to come away with a win. That will probably be the game that costs them the division. I fully expect the Patriots to come away with a win if Matt Cassel plays following the death of his father. If not, this pick is changed. You can’t count it. As for now…
Pick: Patriots, Raiders cover

New York Giants (11-2) vs. Dallas Cowboys (8-5)(-3)
8:15 p.m. Texas Stadium
Both of these teams are showing chinks in the armor, some more so than others. I came on here ready to talk about the newest Terrell Owens situation. But really, I don’t care. I really don’t. All I’ll say is that I told you so. And the Cowboys are favored in this one? Yeah, whatever.
Pick: Giants

MONDAY

Cleveland Browns (4-9) vs. Philadelphia Eagles (7-5-1)(-14)
8:30 p.m. Lincoln Financial Field
Ok people, the Eagles are not this good. Sure they beat New York, but they just tied Cincinnati a couple of weeks ago. It’s the same team that benched Donovan McNabb in the middle of their ugly loss to Baltimore. They are still very capable of laying an egg.
Pick: Eagles, Browns cover

Ok, if the Redskins can’t get on track against the Bengals…I just give up then.